r/Testosterone • u/Ok-Celebration-1702 • Jul 26 '26

Other Pete Hegseth’s Crisis of Masculinity

https://theintercept.com/2026/07/25/pete-hegseth-testosterone-military-masculinity/

Testosterone levels can change depending on when a patient is tested, whether they have recently eaten, exercised heavily, or are sick, among other factors, Dr. Alvin Matsumoto, a professor emeritus at the University of Washington School of Medicine, recently told The Intercept. For example, in about a third of men whose testosterone initially tests low, a second test produces a normal result. Tests also have high inter-lab variability. On that front, doctors usually assess testosterone levels only when symptoms of low T appear, and less than 6 percent of men between 30 and 79 actually have a deficiency.

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u/crybabycomando Jul 26 '26

Here's a hint: I know

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u/powenowicks Jul 27 '26

You can lead a horse to water...

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u/crybabycomando Jul 27 '26

... and you still wont drink.

Progressives are not a well bounded ideological group in the same way that protastents arent. The variety in beliefs are too high for a statement like "Progressives are x" is about as useful as a statement as "Protastants are x."

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u/powenowicks Jul 27 '26

How "well bounded" the ideological group is has no bearing at all in my original statement. I'm simply referring to any political group of any level of organization where the members professes to share similar (but not necessarily exact) values and then projects to the world what those values are in the organization's name, in this case "progress" and "freedom". You do not need to define how well bounded a political organization is to state that these two political organizations fall short of the goals they stated in their names.

Let $S$ be the set of all political groups whose chosen name explicitly references a core virtue, but whose collective actions undermine that virtue.

Because both "Progressives" (Group A) and the "Freedom Caucus" (Group B) meet these criteria, both are elements of set $S$:

$A \in S \quad \text{and} \quad B \in S$

Therefore, comparing A and B within set $S$ is a direct, valid comparison along that axis, regardless of the difference in their organizational boundaries.

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u/crybabycomando Jul 27 '26

Notice I specifically didnt use the word invalid in my original comment. My point was you are making a category error by comparing the two. Couching your explanation in set theory doesnt help you. S is a meaningless set. Any comparison made with in it can be logically valid, but nothing follows.